A 71-year-old Tucson man, John Stephen Baker, was sentenced to 8.5 years in prison after pleading guilty to Attempted Travel with Intent to Engage in Illicit Sexual Activity.
Baker’s prison sentence is to be followed by a term of lifetime supervised release.
According to the Department of Justice, beginning around February 6, 2023, and continuing through May 10, 2023, Baker communicated with a person he believed to be a 14-year-old female, who was actually an undercover special agent with Homeland Security Investigations. During his chats with the undercover agent, Baker asked about previous sexual experiences and expressed fears with engaging in sexual intercourse with an underage female because of the potential for arrest. Nonetheless, on May 10, 2023, Baker traveled from his home in Tucson to Sahuarita, Arizona, with the intent to engage in illicit sexual activity with the person he believed to be an underage female.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice.
“71” guess stupid never does get fixed.. “71 in prison and doing life but mamma tried..”